med. term ch. 9-12
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- -al, -eal
- pertaining to
- albumin/o
- albumin
- -ation
- process
- -cele
- hernia
- de-
- down, from, or reversing
- dia-
- through
- -esis
- action, process, or result of
- -extra
- outside
- glycos/o
- sugar
- hemat/o, hem/o, -emia
- blood
- later/o
- side
- lith/o
- stone
- -lysis
- process of destroying
- -megaly
- enlargement
- olig/o
- few
- periton/o
- peritoneum
- poly-
- many
- prote/o, protein/o
- protein
- proxim/o
- near
- py/o
- pus
- -rrhexis
- rupture
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- scop/o
- to view
- spin/o
- spine
- son/o
- sound
- -stomy
- formation of an opening
- ur/o
- urine or urinary tract
- urin/o
- urine
- -uria
- urine, urination
- cyst/o
- bladder
- glomerul/o
- glomerulus
- nephr/o, ren/o
- kidney
- pyel/o
- renal pelvis
- ureter/o
- ureter
- urethr/o
- urethra
- cervic/o
- neck
- colp/o, vagin/o
- vagina
- genit/o
- genitals
- gon/o
- genitals or reproduction
- hyster/o, uter/o
- uterus
- metr/o
- uterine tissue
- oophor/o, ovar/o
- ovary
- salping/o
- uterine tube (fallopian tube)
- vulv/o
- vulva
- chem/o
- chemical
- -cidal
- killing
- cyst/o, vesic/o
- bladder, cyst, or sac
- extra-
- outside
- gynec/o
- female
- hydr/o
- water
- immun/o
- immune
- lapar/o
- abdominal wall
- mamm/o, mast/o
- breast
- men/o
- month
- pelv/i
- pelvis
- rect/o
- rectum
- ser/o
- serum
- spir/o
- spiral, or to breathe
- tox/o
- poison
- trans-
- across
- tri-
- three
- ultra-
- beyond or excess
- fet/o
- fetus
- nat/i
- birth
- par/o
- to bear offspring
- -para
- a female who has given birth
- orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o
- testes
- pen/o
- penis
- prostat/o
- prostate
- scrot/o
- bag, scrotum
- spermat/o
- sperm
- vas/o
- vessel or duct
- adip/o, lip/o
- fat
- alb/o, albin/o
- white
- axill/o
- axilla (armpit)
- cry/o
- cold
- cutane/o, derm/a, derm/o, dermato/o
- skin
- cyan/o
- blue
- erythemat/o
- follicle
- hidr/o
- sweat
- ichthy/o
- fish
- kerat/o
- cornea, hard or horny
- leuk/o
- white
- melan/o
- black
- myc/o
- fungus
- necr/o
- dead or death
- onych/o, ungu/o
- nail
- pil/o, trich/o
- hair
- scler/o
- hard
- seb/o
- sebum
- seps/o
- infection
- sept/o
- infection or septum
- therm/o
- heat
- xer/o
- dry
- ecto-
- outside
- epi-
- above
- in-
- in, into, or not
- sub-
- under
- -derm
- skin
- -static
- keeping stationary
- acr/o
- extremities, arms or legs
- algesi/o
- sensitivity to pain
- audi/o
- hearing
- aut/o
- self
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- cerebell/o
- cerebellum
- cerebr/o
- cerebrum or brain
- coccyg/o
- coccyx
- crani/o
- cranium (skull)
- dacry/o, lacrim/o
- tear
- dendr/o
- tree
- dipl/o
- double
- dur/o
- dura mater
- encephal/e
- brain
- esthesi/o
- feeling
- gli/o
- neuroglia or a sticky substance
- kinesi/o
- movement
- lumb/o
- lower back
- mening/o
- meninges
- ment/o, psych/o
- mind
- myel/o
- bone marrow or spinal cord
- my/o
- muscle
- narc/o
- stupor
- nerv/o, neur/o
- nerve
- ocul/o, ophthalm/o
- eye
- opt/o, optic/o
- vision
- phot/o
- light
- phren/o
- mind or diaphragm
- physi/o
- nature
- pyr/o
- fire
- retin/o
- retina
- schist/o, schiz/o
- split
- thorac/o
- thorax
- vascul/o
- vessel
- agora-
- marketplace
- contra-
- against
- di-
- twice
- hemi-
- twice
- inter-
- between
- quadri-
- four
- semi-
- half or partly
- -asthenia
- weakness
- -esthesia
- sensation, perception
- -iatric, -iatry
- medicine
- -kinesia
- movement
- -lepsy
- seizure
- -lexia
- words, phrases
- -mania
- excessive
- -opia
- vision
- -orexia
- appetite
- -phagia
- eating
- -phasia
- speech
- -phobia
- abnormal
- -plegia
- paralysis
- -tripsy
- surgical crushing
- -crine
- secrete
- -gen
- beginning, origin
- -physis
- growth
- -tropic
- stimulate
- -tropin
- that which stimulates
- myx/o
- mucus
- andr/o
- male or masculine
- toxic/o
- poision
- urea
- a major waste product found in the urine of a normal individual
- nephrotomography
- a special procedure that produces images that appear to be cross sections of the kidney
- diuretic
- an agent that increases urination
- nephron
- the name of the functional unit of the kidney
- cystocele
- a bladder hernia that protrudes into the vagina
- uremia
- toxic condition of the body that is associated with failure of the kidneys to function properly
- nephrosis
- condition when one finds degenerative changes in kidney
- nephrolithotomy
- surgical procedure to remove a renal calculus
- name of instrument used in cystoscopy
- cystoscope
- pyelography
- procedure in which x-rays of the renal pelvis are taken after injection of contrast medium
- laparoscopy
- procedure uses lighted instrument that allows direct visualization of the abdominal contents
- obstetrics
- branch of medicine specializes in the care of females during pregnancy & childbirth
- estrogen
- hormone has the primary responsiblity of developing & maintaining female sexual characteristics
- unipara
- means a women who has had one pregnancy that resulted in viable offspring
- genitalia
- reproductive organs
- amniotic sac
- name of the transparent sac that encloses the fetus in utero
- climacteric
- menopause
- fistula
- abnormal tubelike passage
- parturition
- childbirth
- polyp
- tumor found on a mucous membrane
- pilomotor muscles
- cause erection of the hairs on the skin
- laceration
- type of skin lesion is the result of skin being scraped or rubbed away by friction
- puncture
- means piercing wound
- atrophy
- thinning of the skin & loss of characteristic markings
- furuncle
- also called a boil
- seborrheic dermatitis
- inflammatory skin disease that begins on the scalp but may involve other areas, particulary the eyebrows
- fat
- adipose
- debridement
- removal of foreign material & dead or damaged tissue from a wound
- erosion
- ulceration of tissue
- abscess
- cavity that contains pus
- craniocele
- protrusion of the brain through a defect in the skull
- intracerebral
- type of hematoma is blood found w/in the brain tissue itself
- narcolepsy
- sudden attacks of sleep
- multiple sclerosis
- infectious eruption that usually occurs on the trunk of the body
- goiter
- enlargement of the thyroid gland
- encephalitis
- inflammation of the brain
- cephalalgia
- headache
- neurosis
- minor disorder of the nervous systew w/ anxiety as its chief symptom
- pancreas
- gland is responsible for the production of insulin
- akinesia
- means complete loss of muscle movement